…the designation of wife in India, of the Hindu wife, is higher and grander than that of Empress. She is called Devi

This is my country, that is your country; these are the conceptions of narrow souls - to the liberal minded the whole world is a family.

The universe is not for man alone, but is a theater of evolution for all living beings. Live and let live is its guiding principle. 'Ahimsa Paramo Dharmah' - Non-injury is the highest religion.

We all understand that the debasement of a nation's coinage is very pernicious and must prove disastrous to its commerce. How much more dangerous is the debasement of the spiritual coinage!

Since the early beginning of history, India has been the Klondyke of the world

The heart of vegetarians is healed sooner than those of flesh-eaters.

In international commerce, India is an ancient country-(19th October, 1899)

The true nature of soul is right knowledge, right faith and right conduct. The soul, so long as it is subject to transmigration, is undergoing evolution and involution.

The occult powers may be possessed by soul, but if they are not used in the right way it is a loss rather than a gain.

Matter is a term contrary to soul. But nonsoul is its contradictory. Whatever is not soul is nonsoul.

In our country religion is not different from philosophy and religion & philosophy don’t differ from science.

One passes through the world knowing few, if any, of the important things about even the people with whom one has been from time to time in the closest intimacy.

I started doing motivational tours. I've seen all kinds of people, from the CEOs to the lowest executive, opening up to their fears. We don't introspect as much as we should.

Sometimes, Chelsea, I wonder, how you get by from day to day. It's a good thing you're so voluptuous.

I use everything. Turning life into stories is how I make sense of my experience. No matter how weird or disturbing or upsetting to me personally, it all finds its way in there.

I love my work with a frenetic and perverse love, as an ascetic loves the hair shirt which scratches his belly.

A lot of the players are not involved with any NHL team, so to play and travel around with the Oldtimers' it's a kind of gift that the players really appreciate.

Charity always feels better to the donor than to the recipient.

The closest I can get to describing what happens is that voices come to me. I feel like I'm accessing something that is deeper and richer than me.

The high mountains are barren, but the low valleys are covered over with corn; and accordingly the showers of God's grace fall into lowly hearts and humble souls.

The Indian mythology has a theory of cycles, that all progression is in the form of waves.